| 单词 | star plum |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstar plum star plum n. either of two tropical trees of the genus Chrysophyllum (family Sapotaceae), C. oliviforme and C. cainito; the fruit of such a tree; cf. star apple n. ΚΠ 1830 J. D. Maycock Flora Barbadensis 109 Chrysophyllum..monopyrenum... Damson-Plum... Star-Plum. 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) 446 Star-plum (Chrysophillum monopyrenum). A kind of star-apple, also called a Barbadoes Damson plum. 1921 Jrnl. Econ. Entomol. 14 470 The Mango Shield Scale..is also found in Grenada, Barbados, Dominica, Antigua, Trinidad, Jamaica, and British Guiana where it infests in addition to the host plants mentioned in Florida the breadfruit, Jasminum, Ixora, star plum, star apple and the nutmeg. 2004 D. F. Austin Florida Ethnobot. 331 C[hrysophyllum] cainito is called..star apple (Florida to Guyana), star plum, sterappel (star apple, Dutch Antilles). < as lemmas |
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